Delonix decaryi (R.Vig.) Capuron

A deciduous tree. It grows 3-10 m tall. The trunk is soft and the bark is flaky. The leaves are twice divided. The flowers are large and 7-8 cm across. The flowers are white. The fruit are long slender pods 35 cm long by 3.5 cm wide.

Dry, subarid shrubland and woodland; at elevations up to 500 metres. Dry, spiny forest and coastal bushland, often with Didieriaceae and succulent species of Euphorbia, growing on limestone and sand at elevations up to 260 metres.

The unripe seeds are reported to be edible.

It can be rgown from cuttings. It is used as a living hedge.